Yes, even in southern Germany, we can have heat waves! In fact, I haven't been outside today except to take out the trash. I've been working on a book translation and prepping meals for the extremely busy week ahead. It's 8 PM and it's still too... Read more

So, I read on one of the threads that Spark is eliminating the Planner. A number of Sparkers are up in arms about this. If your are someone who uses that Spark feature, you may want to save the information you have there to another place, just i... Read more

This is the last day of the 5% challenge. Tomorrow will be the final weigh-in. I don't expect any surprises. I've been stuck so long but am happy not to have gained with all that has been going on for me since the start of my semester at the Bib... Read more

Today is a holiday in Germany - Ascension Day. I just got back from a good walk (with poles) with a friend. That felt good!
I did not want to make the mistake that I often do on weekends - make a huge ToDo list and then get frustrated with... Read more

I appreciate the comments on yesterday's blog with the top 10 list. I think I'm going to make that a daily thing for awhile. I wrote in my paper journal on the way home from work today. My writing was a little shaky as the train bounced along, b... Read more

I teach a course in English composition at a Bible School. My five students are from four different countries - two from Russia, one from Albania, one from Romania, and one from Germany.
At the beginning of the course, I gave each of them ... Read more

I've had to make some hard decisions this past week. One of them was to leave the BLC. I was getting so far behind on the various steps of the challenge that it was becoming more frustrating than fun-encouraging. I just wasn't able to keep up, l... Read more

Yes, I'm back on Azure Destinations for the Biggest Loser Challenge's 25th round! I was on the team for round 24, and then took a break because I was overwhelmed and because I would have been away for 4 weeks in the middle of the challenge perio... Read more

I KNOW what works and what it takes to get to goal because Iíve done it before. So why donít I do it? There are lots of reasons; some of them are really excuses.
I need to discern between the two, then accept the reasons, and STOP making t... Read more

Yes, I'm tackling another challenge even though I was overwhelmed during the last round of the 5% and the BLC. I didn't gain! And, with all that was going on during those months ---trip to the States, the sale of my parents' condo, heavy schedul... Read more

I've been doing some decluttering lately in preparation for redoing my entry hall and bedroom. I came across this little song today and will be humming it when I go back to work on the closet tomorrow. Enjoy!
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